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Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) yearling calling, Tucker Cove, Campbell Island, sub-Antarctica New Zealand





Male southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pups mock fighting on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Male southern ...
Male southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pups mock fighting on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Male southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pups mock fighting on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,000 elephant seals in South Georgia Male pups begin m





Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Is...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals





King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and Southern Elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) on the beach, St. Andrews Bay, South G...
King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and Southern Elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) on the beach, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island, South Sandwich Islands





Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) bulls fighting for access to females, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island





Southern Elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) and two Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) at the coast, South Georgia Island, Sout...
Southern Elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) and two Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) at the coast, South Georgia Island, South Sandwich Islands





Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) bull resting, Leith Harbor, South Georgia Island





San Simeon, California, Two female northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris, arguing.





ANTARCTICA, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS, KING GEORGE ISLAND, LION'S RUMP, ELEPHANT SEALS ON BEACH FIGHTING





Southern elephant seal bull Mirounga leonina being challenged by another bull for the right to mate at Gold Harbour, South Ge...
Southern elephant seal bull Mirounga leonina being challenged by another bull for the right to mate at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean





Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) male attempting to mate with female, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands





Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) bulls fighting, San Benito Island, Baja California, Mexico





Southern Elephant Seal, Mirounga leonina, Reserva Natural, reserve, seal, Turistica, Punta Delgado, preserve, Peninsul





San Simeon, California, Two male northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris, battling.





Three elephant seals sleep together on a beach at Ano Nuevo State Natural reserve in California along the Pacicic Ocean





South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia, Cumberland Bay, Grytviken. Southern Elephant Seal which take thi...
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia, Cumberland Bay, Grytviken. Southern Elephant Seal which take thier names from the proboscis of the adult males which resembles an elephants trunk.





San Simeon, California, A northern elephant seal with a newborn pup wards off pesky seagulls.





Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) snarling San Simeon State Beach, Cambria, California





Young adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina close up at breeding site at Moltke Harbor on South Georgia Island i...
Young adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina close up at breeding site at Moltke Harbor on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean





Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) pups on beach, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands





Recently weaned elephant seal pups Mirounga leonina in shallow water at the abandoned Grytviken Whaling Station, South Georgi...
Recently weaned elephant seal pups Mirounga leonina in shallow water at the abandoned Grytviken Whaling Station, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean





Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) weaner pup calling, Wirik Bay, South Georgia Island





Female Southern Elephant Seal At St. Andrew's Bay on South Georgia Island. A female Southern Elephant seal relaxes in the gla...
Female Southern Elephant Seal At St. Andrew's Bay on South Georgia Island. A female Southern Elephant seal relaxes in the glacial water at St. Andrew's Bay on South Georgia Island. Southern Elephant seals can catch prey on dives up to several thousand feet deep, and lasting up to two hours.





Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) group and Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) on beach, Macquarie Island, Australia





National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore and his wife Kathy kayaking with a leopard seal near Danco Island, Antarctica T...
National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore and his wife Kathy kayaking with a leopard seal near Danco Island, Antarctica The Leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx is the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic after the Southern Elephant Seal, an





Male southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pups mock fighting on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Male southern ...
Male southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pups mock fighting on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Male southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pups mock fighting on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,000 elephant seals in South Georgia Male pups begin m





Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina mating behavior on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Southern elephant seal...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina mating behavior on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina mating behavior on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,000 elephant seals in South Georgia Bull elephant seals compete fierc





National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore filming the Leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx, which is the second largest species...
National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore filming the Leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx, which is the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic after the Southern Elephant Seal, and is near the top of the Antarctic food chain It can live twent





Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) sub-adult males fighting for dominance, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands





Antarctica, cruise on Boreal ship, South Georgia island, UK property, Grytviken, whale station founded by Carl Anton Larsen i...
Antarctica, cruise on Boreal ship, South Georgia island, UK property, Grytviken, whale station founded by Carl Anton Larsen in 1904, abandoned in 1964 and now only inhabited place with 22 people in summer, mainly administrative Ernest Shackelton and deput. Antarctica, cruise on Boreal ship, South Georgia island, UK property, Grytviken, whale station founded by Carl Anton Larsen in 1904, abandoned in 1964 and now only inhabited place with 22 people in summer, mainly administrative Ernest Shackelt





Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) males fighting for dominance, Macquarie Island, Australia





San Simeon, California, Portrait of a female northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris.





Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina weaner pups sleeping on the beach at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the Sout...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina weaner pups sleeping on the beach at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean





Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina weaner pup with molting king penguins on the beach at Gold Harbour on South Georgia I...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina weaner pup with molting king penguins on the beach at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean





Adult leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean MORE INFO The leopard seal is the second la...
Adult leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean MORE INFO The leopard seal is the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic after the Southern Elephant Seal, and is near the top of the Antarctic food chain It can





Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) mother with two week old pup, San Benito Island, Baja California, Mexico





Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pups, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions





Adult southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina catastrophic molting on the beach at South Georgia in the Southern Ocean MORE ...
Adult southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina catastrophic molting on the beach at South Georgia in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever





Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Is...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup often called ´weaners´ once their mothers stop nursing them on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals





Adult female leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx hauled out on ice floe in Kayak Cove on Brabant Island near the Antarctic Peninsu...
Adult female leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx hauled out on ice floe in Kayak Cove on Brabant Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean. Adult female leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx hauled out on ice floe in Kayak Cove on Brabant Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean MORE INFO The leopard seal is the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic after the Southern Elephant Seal, and is second only to the Orca as apex predator, feeding on other seals as well as penguins an





Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) bull displaying to show dominance, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands





southern elephant seal mirounga leonina two males fighting falkland islands, south atlantic





Head shot of a southern elephant seal resting in the grass ready to sleep, Mirounga leonina.





Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Group, Ant...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica This species is the largest pinniped in the world, with males attaining lengths of 6 5 m and a weight of 3,700 kg A rema





South Atlantic Ocean, United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, South Georgia, Southern elephant seal with king penguins ...
South Atlantic Ocean, United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, South Georgia, Southern elephant seal with king penguins colony in background





Southern Elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) in shallow water with a colony of King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in the ba...
Southern Elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) in shallow water with a colony of King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in the background, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island, South Sandwich Islands





Northern elephant seal Mirounga angustirostris San Benito Islands Baja California Mexico East Pacific Ocean





Battle-scarred adult ´beachmaster´ bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina bellowing to challenger bull at breeding site...
Battle-scarred adult ´beachmaster´ bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina bellowing to challenger bull at breeding site at Peggotty Bluff in King Haakon Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean





Two female Southern elephant seal Sea elephant Mirounga leonina, Grytviken, South Georgia, Polar Regions





A Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina male swimming, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic, South America





Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) juvenile male pair sparring, Point Piedras Blancas, California





Elephant Seal (Mirounga genus), adult with mouth open. Gold Beach, South Georgia Island, Sub Antarctica.





elephant seals at rest , Race Rocks ecological reserve, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada





Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) bull emerging from surf, Trollhul, South Georgia Island





Southern Elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) beachmaster with wounds, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia





Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) resting head on tussock grass, South Georgia Island





A male and female Southern Elephant Seal at Gold Harbour. Males are twice the length of females and up to four times heavier ...
A male and female Southern Elephant Seal at Gold Harbour. Males are twice the length of females and up to four times heavier which represents the greatest difference of all mammals between the sexes.





Northern giant petrel Macronectes halli fighting over the scavenging rights to a dead elephant seal pup at Royal Harbor on So...
Northern giant petrel Macronectes halli fighting over the scavenging rights to a dead elephant seal pup at Royal Harbor on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean. Northern giant petrel Macronectes halli fighting over the scavenging rights to a dead elephant seal pup at Royal Harbor on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean MORE INFO Giant petrels are aggressive predators and scavengers, which has led to the other common name they were known as, the Stinker, and the whalers used to call them glutton





Adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on the beach on Torgesen Island just outside Palmer Station in Port Arthur...
Adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on the beach on Torgesen Island just outside Palmer Station in Port Arthur, Antarctica This species is the largest pinniped in the world, with males attaining lengths of 6 5 m and a weight of 3,700 kg A





Two male Southern Elephant Seals rear up, booming and roaring, ready to fight over females or territory. These seals are the ...
Two male Southern Elephant Seals rear up, booming and roaring, ready to fight over females or territory. These seals are the largest in the world with males weighing up to 4 tons.





Battle-scarred adult bull southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina fighting in the sea at breeding site at Peggotty Bluff in ...
Battle-scarred adult bull southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina fighting in the sea at breeding site at Peggotty Bluff in King Haakon Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean





Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) bull swimming, Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island





Antarctica, cruise on Boreal ship, South Georgia island, UK property, Saint Andrews Bay, colony of more than 400 000 king pen...
Antarctica, cruise on Boreal ship, South Georgia island, UK property, Saint Andrews Bay, colony of more than 400 000 king penguins, many sea elephants and fur seals





Views of Grytviken Swedish for ´Pot Cove´ on South Georgia in the South Atlantic MORE INFO It was so named by a 1902 Swedish ...
Views of Grytviken Swedish for ´Pot Cove´ on South Georgia in the South Atlantic MORE INFO It was so named by a 1902 Swedish surveyor who found old English try pots used to render seal oil at the site The settlement at Grytviken was established on Novem





Bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Bull southern elephant seal Mirou...
Bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,000 elephant seals in South Georgia Bull elephant seals compete fiercely for breeding right





Northern Elephant Seal, Mirounga angustirostris, mother, pup, California, USA, America, United States, North America,





Southern Elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pups fighting on the beach, Fortuna Bay, South Georgia





South American Sea Lion Otaria flavescens and Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina Res. Nat. Turistica Punta Delgad





Close-up of a Southern Elephant seal pup (Mirounga leonina), South Georgia Island, South Sandwich Islands





Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) males competing for access to females, Falkland Islands





Adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina flipping sand onto its back to cool off on South Georgia Island in the Sou...
Adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina flipping sand onto its back to cool off on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina flipping sand onto its back to cool off on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,





Close up of a Male Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island





Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina mating behavior on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Southern elephant seal...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina mating behavior on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina mating behavior on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,000 elephant seals in South Georgia Bull elephant seals compete fierc





Antarctica, cruise on Boreal ship, South Georgia island, UK property, Salisbury Bay where a huge colony of king penguins is s...
Antarctica, cruise on Boreal ship, South Georgia island, UK property, Salisbury Bay where a huge colony of king penguins is settled





Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup lips being probed by a brown skua Catharacta lonnbergi for left over milk from nu...
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina pup lips being probed by a brown skua Catharacta lonnbergi for left over milk from nursing at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean





Young female Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) alert and roaring, head raised and mouth open, on beach in meadow, fal...
Young female Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) alert and roaring, head raised and mouth open, on beach in meadow, fall evening, Cooper Bay, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergance, South Georgia Island





N Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris) Female & 3 Babies, San Nicholas Is, CA, California





Young Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina hauled out at the abandonded whaling station at Grytviken on the island of Sout...
Young Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina hauled out at the abandonded whaling station at Grytviken on the island of South Georgia, southern Atlantic Ocean





FEMALE SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS (Mirounga leonina) at CALETA VALDEZ - VALDEZ PENINSULA, ARGENTINA





Southern elephant seal bulls subadult males (Mirounga leonina) fighting in sea for fun and exercise beneath rock cliffs, fall...
Southern elephant seal bulls subadult males (Mirounga leonina) fighting in sea for fun and exercise beneath rock cliffs, fall, Gold Harbour, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergance, South Georgia Island





Bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Bull southern elephant seal Mirou...
Bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivora to ever live The world´s population is approximately 650,000 animals including approximately 350,000 elephant seals in South Georgia Bull elephant seals compete fiercely for breeding right





South Atlantic Ocean, United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, South Georgia, Southern elephant seal roaring





Adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina fleeing from another male challenger at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Isla...
Adult bull southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina fleeing from another male challenger at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean





Southern Elephant Seal, Mirounga leonina, Reserva Natural, reserve, seal, Turistica, Punta Delgado, preserve, Peninsul





Southern Elephant Seal, Mirounga leonina, showing aggression, on shoreline, South Georgia Island.





San Simeon, California , A northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris, and her pup, sleeping.





A male Southern Elephant Seal puts on a display to attract females. Their small trunk-like protrusions are the reason for the...
A male Southern Elephant Seal puts on a display to attract females. Their small trunk-like protrusions are the reason for their name.

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